For once I agree with the Republicans and President Bush. Federalizing airport security seems too big a step. Maybe it's just because I can't see the hijackings on September 11 as being some huge failure of airport security, given that the weapons in question were pocketknives and box cutters. You could conceal a blade that would be just as effective inside a metal pen. Or learn some martial arts, so you don't even need a weapon to threaten people.

If you want to live in a free society, you run the risk of occasionally getting burned.